Pathophysiology of Campylobacter jejuni infections of humans

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 1, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1023-1033

  Wassenaar, Trudy M ^a   Blaser, Martin J ^b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial toxins; Campylobacter; Emerging infections; Enteric diseases; Microbial pathogenesis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CELL INVASION; ENTERITIS; FLAGELLUM; GENOTYPE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TOXIN SYNTHESIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032695617     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1286-4579(99)80520-6     Document Type: Review

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